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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Page 23 - St Athan 1954-1955 Airshows [plus hopefully 1956-1957] Airshow's [Updated 20/02/2024]

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 18/9/1954

No information currently is available for this show but pprune indicates that Flying Programme for the "At Home" 18 Sep 1954 saw a report that they would receive "It is hoped that the Flying Display will include the following:-Breaking the sound barrier by a Sabre of Fighter Command". There was a further comment saying that it actually carried out the flypast at R.A.F Llandow in error.

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1955

Static Aircraft
Serial Type Unit Location Other Information
WR237Vampire FB.9No.19MU/St AthanStatic
TG420Vampire F.2No.4 SoTT/St AthanStaticallocated 7071M
RW359Spitfire LF.16ENo.4 SoTT/St AthanStaticallocated 6835M
WV631Provost T.1No.2 FTS/R.A.F HullavingtonStatic
VZ440Meteor F.8No.32 MU/R.A.F St AthanStatic
WK136Canberra B.2No.231OCU/R.A.F BassingbournStatic
WG142Balliol T.2No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St AthanStaticallocated 7239M
WZ664Auster AOP.9No.19MU/St AthanStatic
TJ375Auster AOP.5Believed to be Operated by No.4 SoTT/St AthanStaticallocated 7071M
RW359Spitfire LF.16ENo.4 SoTT/St AthanStaticallocated 6835M
?????Meteor T.7C.F.S.Little RissingtonFlying DisplayCoded "O-B"
?????Meteor T.7C.F.S.Little RissingtonFlying DisplayCoded "O-K"
?????Meteor T.7C.F.S.Little RissingtonFlying DisplayCoded "O-N"
?????Meteor T.7C.F.S.Little RissingtonFlying DisplayCoded "O-?"
SZ567 Sunderland GR.5 No.230 Sqdn/R.A.F Pembroke Dock Flying Display Coded "B-P"
?????Gannet AS.1 No.824 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Culdrose Flying Display Coded "CU/410"
?????Gannet AS.1 No.824 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Culdrose Flying Display Coded "CU/413"
????? Meteor F.8No.63 Sqdn/R.A.F Waterbeach Flying Display
VL274 Valetta C.1 Unit not recorded Flying display
WP221 Valiant B.1 Unit not recorded Flying display
At the time of update there is no information on teh following airshows held at RAF St Athan

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1956

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 1957

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